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Glad more corps are making these statements. I know I've also seen updates from SCV and BD using much of the same language. Heartwarming to see.

Haven't been on this board in a bit so I'm late to this thread. 1994 obviously brings fond memories for me. I was an age-out rookie that landed my spot late in the pre-season. I savored every minute of it. One of things I remember most is how much love we got early in the season. BD did a rare east coast swing early in the season and the crowds were stoked. It was great. The other great memory was the Pavilion show. The new unis weren't ready yet so I got to wear the SuperSuit just that once. It was great to be part of a first class organization and even though we dominated almost every show, we worked hard and stayed humble until the end.

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And we hear you, loud and clear, Cavaliers.

So much to say about 86 ... but I think I'll try a different angle. Since the massive shift in design demand caused by Garfield from 82-85 .... Other corps were playing catch up visually .. but were also innovating in other areas that most don't give them credit for. If they weren't innovating they were just #### good in specific areas of the corps, but maybe not "overall". VK battery was playing some tasty notes. Probably the most interesting book on the field that year.... FIGHT ME! PR was still doing 1981 drill, but actually had a couple of blind backward marching moves. The all french horn mid-voice was SPECTACULAR! Sky Ryders taught us all how to tell a story .... and still keep it drum corps. Very innovative. Spirit's color guard was a good 5 years ahead of the rest of the world. They were incredible!!!! The 86 book reminds me a lot of 94 Cadets ... go figure. Suncoast had an incredible brass and bass section. They marched pretty darn good too. Battery book in the drum solo was very unique (they definitely had their own sound). Cavies visual program ... Brubaker was answering Zingali. His own way. This was the only corps keeping some kind of pace with Garfield visually. Battery tuning was gorgeous (I MISS THIS SOUND) SCV was pushing boundaries with the props/magic tricks. Great in every segment of the corps... and was my personal favorite for at least 10 years after the fact. BD - I hated ... until I grew up and started to understand JAZZ. So clean. So Powerful. An exquisite execution of a superb vehicle. Troopers made me very nostalgic. HOW? I was only 15. But they made me proud of the activity and my country. But their poor horns were beat to hell from smashing on the belt buckles going to parade rest. Loud and intimidating .. but I cried for those bugles. Garfield .. 13 guard - 84 horns ... limit 128 members. Yeah, Innovative. The first 2/3 of that show was championship worthy. My personal favorite 8 minutes of drum corps that summer. Star = Jim Prime brass book (OMGAHHHH) + Guard wigs and black lipstick + the first 16 contra feature EVER. Brass was flexing. The rest needed help. Madison had a pretty cool show. Opening move - Highest soloist notes to date - Starlight Express - Harlem Suite was a stone cold killer. If I tried to stay any more positive than that ... I might implode. I spent most of the summer touring with Troopers, Star, Madison, Cavies, Marion Cadets, Coachmen, Bandettes, PR, Bluecoats, Glassmen, Dutch Boy, Geneseo Knights, Railmen and the rest of the Midwest Gang. Other corps that impressed me specifically ... Loved Dutch Boy's show (it was just fun as hell), Les Eclipses were so French Canadian and slick I swore they were smoking on the field... GREAT CORPS!,

Housing would still be a huge issue. Even show sites would still be a huge issue.

It is definitely from one of the protests. I remember seeing it on the news. I think it might have been Portland, but I am not sure ... somewhere on the West Coast, I think.

That was my assumption. And yes, lots of people are wearing masks. But even with masks, and even outdoors (where transmission is less likely), and even in warm weather (which does seem to make it harder for the virus to spread), so many people so close together for so long makes it very likely that cases go up.

May that future you imagine begin here and now.

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Unfortunately, the drum line could only keep them in finals for so long. And there was no Danny Boy in 84, either...they didn't play it.

An entire hornline changes pants during the show, and nobody talks about it -- is that because they did an even better job with that trick the previous year?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6dnrI0at0M

We'll stick her with Michael Boo. 😂

Suncoast, in fact, beat BD in field brass at finals.

Suncoast came to CA in 86. First time seeing them. They were really good. Sound was amazing. I think they won brass caption at the BD's home show. Back then they had full retreat and captions were handed out.

ah yes, back when the Allentown crowd would practice "Conquest' as the corps was coming on the field

Ladies and gentlemen, the Toledo Glassmen, 1994 Drum Corps International Quarterfinals Champions. 😛 (Thanks, rain!)

The March didn't fit this show at all musically. However, I have a theory that this was the beginning of visual concept shows that Cavies truly pioneered/perfected in the 00's In the years prior to the mid 80's we had variety shows. Just good music ... who cares about a theme. Obviously, some corps went above and beyond the variety concept .. I"m just speaking in generalizations. In the mid 80's - mid 90's, we had shows based on ONE composer or a broadway show .... or an entire piece of music. Visual was still a vehicle to define and express the music. And the music was paramount. Some call this the Golden Era of drum corps ... an era many long for DCI to return to. Exceptions to this motif would be All but 1987 of Suncoast Sound in the years they made finals. VK was also an exception ... however they were still doing variety music shows with a visual concept of comedy much like Bridgemen (extremely missing since their departures). This Cavies show was based on an IDEA. Much like 84-89 Suncoast (sans 87), this was a concept driven show. This began the process where music would start to take a backseat to the "concept". Although, nothing as extreme as the 2000's shows and beyond. Concept eventually became visually driven to the point that music was so unimportant .... well ... I digress.